Pro Tip: Learn how to use HBI Alerts to follow your favorite topics

United Kingdom

 

Exclusive: Babylon has partnership with Ascension

After months of rumours around how Babylon would enter the US market, HBI can exclusively reveal a jointly-run app between the UK-based telehealth player and not-for-profit US-based hospital group Ascension has been quietly launched.
March 5, 2020

NMC shares suspended after CEO fired

Trading in the shares of scandal-hit NMC Health, the UAE’s largest for-profit healthcare provider, has been suspended. The move follows hot on the heels of the removal of the CEO, and the discovery of unauthorised off-balance sheet financing.
February 27, 2020

The rise of the retirement village: Benjamin Davis, CEO, Octopus Real Estate

Healthcare property investor Octopus Real Estate is betting big on UK retirement villages, investing £400m in a joint venture with operator Audley and asset manager Schroders to build 500 apartments across four UK locations. CEO Benjamin Davis tells HBI why he sees such large opportunity in this growing sub-sector.
February 26, 2020

Cosmetic group strikes deal with creditors

Administrators have been appointed for a UK-based cosmetic surgery group after UK tax authority HMRC filed a High Court petition to wind up the company. The business, however, still continues, under a slightly different name.
February 20, 2020

Schoen Klinik bidding for Priory Group

HBI understands German psychiatric operator Schoen Klinik is looking to buy Priory Group, the UK's largest psychiatric provider by revenue. The German contender would be a good fit for the company which has been on the block for almost a year. We talk to a market expert to find out more.
February 20, 2020

HC-One CEO stands down

The CEO of UK care home group HC-One has stepped down after three years in the job, and is returning to the United States. We speak to an operator source about the departure.
February 13, 2020

Filling an empty shift at short notice: disrupting agencies

Temporary agencies are expensive. Hiring a doctor through one in the UK can cost the NHS around €170 per shift and in Germany, the bill for a nurse comes in at anywhere between €70-€140. A handful of start-ups across Europe are deploying solutions to disrupt agencies and breakdown workforce silos. HBI looks at three - in the UK, France and Germany - to assess how the market is changing.
February 13, 2020
Older posts
Newer posts

Our Services

Company

Resources

Log in
Register
Log in
Register

Our Services

Company

Resources

Find Us